House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 12, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 12, 2011 — Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 280.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GALLEGLY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H203):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 & 4 of the U.S. Constitution, giving Congress the power to regulate interstate commerce and exclude illegal aliens.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 146 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 280, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/280
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d0f669f5165d8871ca0f7218e2ebcf92fefca7487258430f8efbee6b94f0cd43
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 14, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 280, last updated August 14, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
24 cosponsors — 23 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 24 cosponsors (4%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Dan Burton (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), John Campbell (R-CA), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Chip Cravaack (R-MN), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), John Duncan (R-TN), J. Forbes (R-VA), Walter Jones (R-NC), Jack Kingston (R-GA), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI), Candice Miller (R-MI), Gary Miller (R-CA), Sue Myrick (R-NC), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Ed Royce (R-CA), Heath Shuler (D-NC), C. W. Young (R-FL), Don Young (R-AK).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Elton Gallegly.
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- H.R. 1308 (112th) To amend the Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission Act to extend the termination date for the Commission, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 241 (112th) To authorize the conveyance of certain National Forest System lands in the Los Padres National Forest in California.
- H.R. 4043 (112th) Military Readiness and Southern Sea Otter Conservation Act
- H.R. 2123 (112th) Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Diagnosis and Treatment Act of 2011
- H.R. 282 (112th) To require Federal contractors to participate in the E-Verify Program for employment eligibility verification.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.